Reel for strip material.



R. A. MOORE 61 A. S. SUTGLIFPE.

REEL FOR STRIP MATERIAL. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 24, 1911.

Patented June 11,1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C01, WASIHNGTQN, D. c.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

ROSWELL A. MOORE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, AND ARTHUR SIDNEY SUT- CLIFFE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO THE NARROW FABRIC CORPORA" TION, OF ORANGE, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

REEL FOR STRIP MATERIAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RoswnLL A. Moonn and ARTHUR SIDNEY SUTCLIFFE, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at l/Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, and at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reels for Strip Material; and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Figure 1 a side view of a package constructed in accordance with our invention, the section of one side broken away. Fig. 2 an edge view of the package. Fig. 3 a sectional view through the drum. Fig. 4 an edge view of the key, detached. Fig. 5 a side view of the same. Fig. 6 a perspective view of one of the clips, detached. Fig. 7 a plan view'of the strap forming part of the key.

This invention relates to an improvement in reels for strip material, that is, webbing, tapes, ribbons, etc., the object of the invention being to provide a reel in which a strip of fabric may be conveniently held for shipment, and a reel from which the fabric may be conveniently drawn; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out our invention, we employ a drum 2 preferably slightly wider than the width of the fabric to be wound thereon. This drum is preferably formed from wood or other yielding material and is provided with a central perforation 8. In connection with this drum we employ two disks 4:, 5, corresponding in diameter to the amount of fabric to be packed. These disks are connected with the drum by a key or strap 6 which is preferably doubled at the center through a loop or ring 7 the ends 8 and 9 of the strap passing through the disks and drum and are turned outward outside one of the disks. The width of the. key is slightly greater than the perforation 3 in the drum, so that the edges of the key bite into the drum. and interlock the key with the drum. The disks are connected together at their edges at a number of points, two being shown in the drawing, by clips 10 having ends 11 which overlap'the sides of the disk and which are formed with prongs 12 adapted to bite into the sides of the disk which we may state may be, and preferably are, formed of pasteboard. The reel thus formed has one end of a strip of fabric attached to the drum in any desired manner as by a tack, prong, or by glue, and then the disks being held and the key turned, the fabric will be wound upon the drum until the reel is full. To secure the end of the fabric for shipment, the end may be doubled and tucked under one of the clips as shown in Fig. 1. To remove the fabric from the reel, it is only necessary to hold the reel in one hand and draw upon the strip as the drum is free to turn with relation to the disks. The advantage of having the drum slightly wider than the thickness of the fabric to be wound thereon is, that it will prevent the edges of the fabric from being frayed by the inner walls of the disks, which walls also protect the material on the reel'when packed for shipment. If more fabric is drawn from the reel than is required, it is only necessary to hold the disks and turn the key to rewind it, and as the clips are arranged at intervals the fabric will not unwind to any appreciable extent. We thus provide a reel in which the fabric may be initially wound without difficulty and which will maintain the roll in convenient form for selling.

We claim 1. The herein described package for strip material comprising a drum, a key passing through the drum and connected therewith, a disk one each side of the drums, said disks formed with central openings through which the ends of thekey extend, a handle attached to one end of the key outside one of the disks, and the other end of the key folded over the outer face of the other disk whereby the disks are coupled with the drum.

2. The herein described package for strip material comprising a drum of yielding material formed with a central perforation, a key extending through said perforation with which the edges of the key engage, a disk on each side of the drum, said disks formed with central perforations through this specification in the presence of two subwhich1 the ends of the key extend, a handle scribing witnesses.

'attac ed to one end of the key outside one of the disks and the other end of the key I g gT folded over the outer face of the other disk whereby the disks are coupled with the Witnesses:

drum. MALTBY S. FO LER, In testimony whereof, we have signed GEORGE WENZEL.

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